Improvement in washing-machines



H. WEIZEL. WASHING-MACHINES.

No. 194,492, Patented Aug. 21,1877.

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NFETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WEIZEL, OF MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,492, dated August 21, 1877; application. filed May 5, 1877. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I HENRY WEIZEL, of Maple Grove, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which- The figure represents my improved washing-machine, a portion being broken away to show the interior working parts of the machine.

My invention relates to improvements in the class of rotary reciprocating washi n g-machin es; and the invention consists in the general construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawing, A represents an ordinary tub, in which are arranged the rotary reciprocating rubbing-disks B U, and between which the clothes to be washed are placed. These disks are provided with radial ribs a. The lower disk B has a central opening, 1), within which the central stationary standard D is fitted, and which also supports the upper disk 0 by means of the cross-bar E, which rests on the shoulderd of the standard, said disk being secured to the cross-bar by means of the vertical pieces c e. The rubbing-disks are an ranged to have a rotary reciprocating movement in opposite directions, which is accomplished by means of the two lovers F F, pivoted at f f to the sides of the tub A. Each lever is provided with a slot, g, in its lower end, and within which fits the outer end of one of the ribs 11. The upper ends of the levers pass through slots h h in the cross-bar, as shown in the drawing.

The operation of my machine is as follows: The clothes to be washed are placed between the rubbing-disks with a sufiicient amount of water in the tub. Then, by taking hold of the cross-bar and giving a rotary reciprocating movement thereto the levers passing up through the cross-bar will give a rotary reciprocating movement to the lower rubbing disk, in an opposite direction from the upper rubbing-disk, which causes the clothes to re ceive a rubbing action similar to rubbing by the hands. I

My improvements can be easily applied to any ordinary tub, and removed for cleaning and drying the same.

I am aware that hinged levers for moving two rubbing-disks in contrary directions at the same time, allowing the upper rubbingdisk to rise and fall and adapt itself to the clothes, is old, and such I do not claim, broadly, as my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The upper disk U, having the rigidly-attached bar E and braces e, in combination with the lower or clothes-supporting disk B, having the shaft D and levers F, pivoted to the face of the tub at f, and connected with the bar E, substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing -I have hereunto set my hand,

HENRY WEIZEL. 1

Witnesses WILLARD R. CRAY, VERNON BELL. 

